Published: Wed, 22 May 2024 16:41:52 +0000
Position: Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Backend/Python – USA (100% Remote)
Company: Close
Location: USA (100% Remote)
Website: http://www.close.com
About Close:
Close is a growing, profitable, and 100% remote company that values autonomy and impact. We are seeking highly skilled Senior and Staff level engineers to join our team. Our base salary range is $140,000 to $200,000.
We 💛 small scaling businesses. Since 2013, we have been building a CRM that focuses on better communication, without the hassle of manual data entry or complex UI. Our goal is to double the productivity of every sales rep.
Our backend tech stack currently consists primarily of Python Flask web apps with our TaskTiger scheduler handling many of the backend asynchronous task processing chores. Our data stores include MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and Redis. The underlying infrastructure runs on AWS using a combination of managed services like EKS, MSK, RDS and ElasticCache and non-managed services running on EC2 instances. All of our compute runs through CI/CD pipelines that build Docker images, run automated tests and deploy to our Kubernetes clusters. Our backend primarily serves a well-documented public API that our front-end JavaScript app consumes. Our infrastructure is heavily automated using Terraform, Ansible and other AWS tools.
Our product development process is inspired by Shape Up. We love open sourcing our code and ideas on our GitHub and on The Making of Close, our behind-the-scenes Product & Engineering blog. Check out our projects like SocketShark, TaskTiger, LimitLion, and ciso8601.
About You:
We are looking for high-achieving, full-time Software Engineers to join our engineering team. We are seeking someone who has a good understanding of web technologies and wants to help design, implement, launch, and scale major systems and user-facing features.
You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a small and talented team where you will be fully supported in your efforts to grow professionally. You should also be able to manage your time well, communicate effectively, and collaborate in a fully distributed team.
Requirements:
– Senior/Staff level candidates should have 5+ years experience building modern back-end systems. Mid-level candidates should have ~3 years of similar experience and be eager to level up with the right opportunity.
– Python experience is preferred, but experience in other languages is acceptable if you have a desire to work with Python.
– You have hands-on production experience working with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or similar data stores.
– You have experience designing, scaling, debugging, and optimizing systems to make them fast and reliable.
– You have participated in code reviews and provided overall code quality suggestions to help maintain the structure and quality of the codebase.
– You care about the craftsmanship of the code and systems you produce.
– Located in the USA.
Bonus points if you have:
– Contributed open source code related to our tech stack.
– Led small project teams building and launching features.
– Built B2B SaaS products.
– Worked with complex architectures that support multiple APIs (e.g. REST, GQL, WebSockets) as well as async task and event processing frameworks.
Come help us with projects like:
– Conceiving, designing, building, and launching new user-facing features.
– Improving the performance and scalability of our GraphQL and REST API.
– Improving how we sync millions of sales emails and calendar events each month.
– Working with Twilio’s API, WebSockets, and WebRTC to improve our calling features.
– Building user-facing analytics features that provide actionable insights based on sales activity data.
– Improving our Elastic search-backed powerful search features.
– Improving our internal messaging infrastructure using streaming technologies like Kafka and Redis.
– Building new and enhancing existing integrations with other SaaS platforms like Google’s G Suite, Zapier, and Web Conferencing providers.
🌏 Why Close?
– Watch our most recent culture video featuring our annual team retreat in Italy.
– 100% remote company.
– Choose between working 5 days/wk (standard full-time) or 4 days/wk @ 80% pay.
– 5 weeks PTO + Winter Holiday Break with 2 additional PTO days for every year with the company.
– 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years.
– Paid parental leave.
– Medical, Dental, Vision with HSA option (US residents).
– 401k matching at 6% (US residents).
– Dependent care FSA (US residents).
Our story and team 🚀:
Close was founded in 2013 by two friends, Steli Efti and Anthony Nemitz, who wanted to create a CRM that focused on better communication without the hassle of manual data entry or complex UI. Since then, Close has grown into a profitable, remote company with a team of ~90 individuals who value autonomy and impact.
Our values:
– Build a house you want to live in — Examine long-term thinking and action.
– No BS — Practice transparency and honesty, especially when it’s hard.
– Invest in each other — Build successful relationships with your coworkers and customers.
– Discipline equals freedom — Keep your word to yourself and others.
– Strive for greatness — Constantly challenge yourself and others.
How We Work Together:
– Productivity, Quality & Impact: We don’t track hours. We trust you’re an adult and know best how to prioritize, meet your goals and contribute at a high level.
– Asynchronous communication & collaboration: We have team members all over the world. We don’t expect anyone to work untraditional hours, that means our default is async. Most teams have 2-5 hours of internal meetings weekly.
– Appreciation for Deep Work: *During your normal work day, not after a day of meetings*.
– Autonomy & Freedom: Create a work environment that is sustainable for you. We place a high amount of trust and responsibility with our team members from the start.
To apply, please visit: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/close-senior-staff-software-engineer-backend-python-usa-100-remote-3 Apply link
